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  • Study shows impact of report cards on opioid prescribing

    In a recent study, research professor Aileen Rothbard of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice mailed opioid prescribing report cards to Medicaid providers in Philadelphia, and found that there was a larger reduction in opioid prescribing among Philadelphia Medicaid providers than those in surrounding counties after report cards were mailed.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice

  • How the Learning Enrichment Team is bringing wellness to the Libraries through ‘exploration and serendipity’

    Cultivating spaces and creating programming that address the needs of the whole student is the aim of the Penn Libraries Learning Enrichment team at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries

  • Pride Alliance celebrates LGBTQ History Month with Pride Celebration

    The Penn Dental Medicine Pride Alliance held its fourth annual Pride Celebration to celebrate its LGBTQIA+ community, and awarded the Annual LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Awards. This year recognized two staff members, two faculty members, and one student for their efforts to support diversity and inclusion within the school

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • OMNIA Q & A: Symposium ethnohistory workshop

    Young scholars from Latin America discuss their experience at a three-week workshop on “Dispossessions in the Americas,” hosted by The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA

  • A. Brooks Bowden receives prestigious Early Career Award for research on education costs

    The The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Early Career Awards highlight researchers whose work is both rigorous and relevant to educational practice. Bowden, an assistant professor of education policy at Penn GSE, focuses on strategies to overcome obstacles like hunger, housing insecurity, and mental health problems that prevent children from getting the most out of school.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • Improving rates of follow-up care after ED visits for heart failure

    In a recent study, Austin S. Kilaru, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of emergency medicine found that recommended follow-up care is disturbingly rare for chronically ill heart failure patients following discharge from the emergency department.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • Annenberg and Penn Medicine researchers receive $3M NIH grant to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in HIV care

    Over the next 5 years, the team will explore methods to address structural racism and discrimination in HIV clinics across Philadelphia.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Stroke, clot risk halved for heart disease patients on blood thinners apixaban vs. rivaroxaban

    The new study from Penn Medicine shows apixaban is superior to rivaroxaban against stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • The Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund awarded two Penn Carey Law students scholarships

    The nonprofit organization dedicated to the professional and educational advancement of Latinos in the legal profession awarded the two co-presidents of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Latinx Law Student Association, Chiara Padilla and Michael Asparrin with scholarships.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • Baleena and Sledge Scarves take home awards at the fifth annual Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day

    Following the Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day in July, Baleena was named the overall 2022 Pennovation Accelerator Winner, which works to provide a low-cost microfiber trapping device used in consumers’ homes to reduce microplastic emissions in laundry. Sledge Scarves won Best Pitch at the 2022 Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day, which produce non-slip satin head scarves designed to protect and maintain healthy hair growth.

    FULL STORY AT Pennovation Works